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Pingusson, Georges-Henri
(b Clermont-Ferrand, 26 July 1894; d Paris, 22 Oct 1978). French architect, urban planner, writer and teacher. He received his engineering diploma in 1913, was mobilized from 1914 to 1918 and in 1920 entered the studio of Gustave Umbdenstock and Paul Tournon at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, from which he graduated as an architect in 1925. In partnership with Paul Furiet (1898–1930) until 1929, their first commission was the architectural surround (1925) for the Centrale Thermique, Vitry-sur-Seine. Between 1926 and 1930 Pingusson worked mainly in the south of France, where he built c. 20 neo-regionalist and picturesque villas, as well as the Ghiberta golf club (1926) at Biarritz-Anglet, a cinema (1926) in Nîmes and a casino (1927) at Grau du Roi. Quite different in style is the Hotel Latitude 43 (begun c. 1929), St Tropez, one of the emblematic works of the Modern Movement. It is a narrow block, curving at a 45° angle in response to the problem of its north-facing site: Pingusson achieved a double ‘sun–sea’ aspect for each bedroom and the main rooms by building on an east–west axis. He also designed all the interior decoration, seeking to ensure maximum comfort while maintaining a strict economy in construction and function. The Théâtre des Menus-Plaisirs (1930), Paris, is also remarkable for the care devoted to its interior fixtures and fittings. In 1935 he worked on a triangular site in Boulogne begun by Le Corbusier, building a four-storey block of flats, the Ternisien, on the existing foundations and creating one of the most famous examples of the ‘linear style’.
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